The moment Australian fighter jets bomb an Islamic State bomb-making factory in Iraq and reduce it to rubble

  • Footage emerged of Australia fighter jets destroying Islamic State bomb factory
  • Two F/A-18s fired five bombs that wiped out the converted chicken farm
  • RAAF has seven Hornets stationed near Iraq flying missions six days a week
  • They have dropped 1,600 bombs since the war began and now fly over Mosul

By NIC WHITE FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

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One minute it was a stolen chicken farm used to make thousands of deadly improvised truck bombs for Islamic State.

But in seconds it was reduced to rubble when five 227-kilogram bombs fired from two Australian fighter jets struck the factor just outside Mosul.

The GPS-guided bombs were some of more than 1,600 ordnance fired, with pinpoint accuracy, at the jihadist group since the RAAF joined the fight in Iraq.

Australian F/A-18 fighter jets are flying missions over Iraq six days a week, destroying ISIS targets in the battle for Mosul

Australian F/A-18 fighter jets are flying missions over Iraq six days a week, destroying ISIS targets in the battle for Mosul

Two jets destroyed this chicken farm converted into an improvised truck bomb factory

Two jets destroyed this chicken farm converted into an improvised truck bomb factory

Australia has seven F/A-18 Hornets stationed a short flight from the war zone flying missions six days a week, destroying hundreds of targets.

Drone footage from the strike on the bomb factory obtained by Seven News shows their devastating impact in the battle for the key ISIS stronghold of Mosul.

'All those bombs landed exactly where they were meant to,' Air Task Group Commander Mike Kitcher told the program.

More explosions were seen afterwards as bombs inside the facility were detonated, sending smoke plumes into the air. 

Five 227-kilogram GPS-guided bombs struck at the same time, completely destroying the facility

Five 227-kilogram GPS-guided bombs struck at the same time, completely destroying the facility

It was reduced to rubble in seconds, one of hundreds of ISIS targets destroyed by the RAAF

It was reduced to rubble in seconds, one of hundreds of ISIS targets destroyed by the RAAF

Meanwhile, another Hornet wiped out a terrorist firing position on a building inside the city that was shooting at Iraqi military.

Australian special forces called in the strike and observed its impact through a drone camera.

The jets are doing well for 30-year-old warplanes, but will soon be replaced by the controversial and long-delayed F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

For now though, they are well-suited to doing the 'heavy lifting' of Australia's contribution to the war as it draws to a close.  

The jets are doing well for 30-year-old warplanes, but will soon be replaced by the controversial and long-delayed F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

The jets are doing well for 30-year-old warplanes, but will soon be replaced by the controversial and long-delayed F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

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